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1 Paisa - George VI and Man Singh II
| Issuer | Princely state of Jaipur |
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| Year | 1937-1949 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Persian/Urdu inscription arranged in three horizontal registers, separated by ruled lines. The legend, rendered in flowing Nastaliq script, records the name and titles of Maharaja Man Singh II of Jaipur together with regnal year references. The design is devoid of portraiture, following the Mughal-derived epigraphic tradition of the Jaipur princely coinage, with the text filling the flan to its periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Jaipur retained the right to strike its own copper coinage well into the late colonial period, a privilege increasingly rare among princely states by the 1930s. Man Singh II, who acceded to the gaddi in 1922 at age eleven under a regency, was one of the few rulers whose coins bore both his own name and the reigning British monarch's — an unusual dual acknowledgment that reflected Jaipur's negotiated status rather than simple subordination.
The series ended with Indian independence and the state's accession to the Union in 1949.